TOP 50 PLACES WHERE WOMEN WANT TO WORK
BAE Systems has retained its place in The Times '2008 Top 50 places Where Women Want to Work' and this year, also won an award for Best Women's Case Study
The award was collected by Deborah Allen, Deputy Managing Director, Corporate Responsibility. Deborah said, 'The award demonstrates how women at BAE Systems manage work-life responsibilities while working in critical roles and has given the company the opportunity to showcase female employees who typify success within our organisation.'
The Where Women Want to Work Top 50 invited organisations with more than 1,000 employees in the UK to submit detailed entries to Aurora, which undertook the study for The Times. Organisations were required to address three key areas: how they effectively recruit top female talent; how they retain and develop female employees; and to give some examples of their successful female role models. The Where Women Want To Work Top 50 educates women and industry about effective practice, provides information and evidence to assist with key decisions, and reinforces to women that they have total choice and control of their careers.
NEW CHIEF TEST PILOT FOR BAE SYSTEMS
Paul Stone, Military Air Solutions new Chief Test Pilot – Combat & Training
BAE Systems has appointed a former Royal Navy Sea Harrier pilot as its new Chief Test Pilot – Combat & Training Aircraft for the company’s Military Air Solutions business.
Exeter-born Paul Stone served 21 years in the Royal Navy where he commanded both front line Sea Harrier Squadrons (800 and 801 Naval Air Squadrons). He also served as the UK test pilot for the Joint Strike Fighter X-32 concept demonstrator programme working in the USA. Before joining BAE Systems, he spent two years in the UK MoD defining the requirements for the Joint Strike Fighter, the F35 Lightning ll, parts of which are now being built by BAE Systems in Lancashire.
FOR HE'S A JOLLY GOOD FELLOW
Lancashire – Simon Howison, Engineering Director at BAE Systems Military Air Solutions business in North West England, is one of a select group of engineers to have been elected to the Royal Academy of Engineering for 2008.
He joins some of the UK's most eminent engineers working to provide independent and impartial advice to Government; secure the next generation of engineers; and provide a voice for Britain's engineering community.